Toulouse Punksters CATHEDRALE come up with the goods on their third album, Houses Are Built The Same, from earlier on this year. Their songs are built on a tried and tested formula. Sparky urgent melodic rhythms squaring the equation between Buzzcocks and Plastic Bertrande by singing in French and English. Tres Bon!
When I review bands that put out records that are so reminiscent of other, earlier things I judge the success of their efforts as to whether they have the necessary fizz and energy to make their efforts worthwhile. Although Houses Are Built The Same is clearly utterly rooted in the more melodic Punk and New Wave of '76 to '79, most obviously the British equivalent, it has all the requisite fizz and energy you could ever want, and no little charm of its own.
Born Toulouse. Nothing Toulouse! Cathedrale of sound! A record to start of your day or end it too. No reinvention of the wheel but excellent use of them. A positive Tigger of an album. 'Its tops are made out of rubber. It's bottoms are made out of springs.' Magnifique!
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